Beyond Old Hollywood | A Year In Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller

_These photos, taken over the course of 3 days in New York with Marilyn’s husband Arthur Miller are especially poignant because they were taken just a month after Marilyn suffered a miscarriage. In every shot she’s so plump and youthful and healthy and full of hope and love, the shots with Miller are intimate and gentle, and you can see his adoration of her and all the comfort he gave her at that point in their relationship. Shaw captures both beautiful candids and tells a stunning story as Marilyn dances in the late summer grass and beguiles the camera. (lesbeehive.com)

_A View from the Bridge, currently revived at the Young Vic, wasfirst staged in London in 1956. It was a dramatic year for Miller: he appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee, divorced his wife, Mary Slattery, and married Marilyn Monroe, whose own career had been boosted by her performance in Bus Stop. Miller and Monroe travelled to London together for the opening of A View from the Bridge, directed by Peter Brook. Revisit their sensational year in pictures.

1956: American actor Marilyn Monroe (1926 – 1962) poses with British actor Laurence Olivier (1907 – 1989), possibly on the set of the film, ‘The Prince and the Showgirl,’ which was directed by Olivier in England.

Marilyn In Audience

Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller at the opening night of A View from the Bridge

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Milton Greene for Bus Stop (1956)

Monroe combined her honeymoon in London with shooting her new film, The Prince and the Showgirl, directed by and starring Laurence Olivier.

Monroe and Miller leave the theatre. ‘How could she walk?’ asked the Daily Mail, reporting that the star wore ‘a scarlet satin gown so tight around the knees that walking was an achievement’.